Peters v. Thoning

Nicolaus Petersen died testate in January, 1918. The material portion of his will reads:

“Paragraph 2. I hereby will, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Margaretha Petersen, during the continuance of her natural life time, the Southwest quarter of Section Twenty two (22) and the North west quarter of Section Twenty seven (27) all in Township seventy seven, Range Thirty eight, Potta-wattamie County, Iowa, on her death or in case I survive her on my death it is my wish and desire that said land shall be sold and the proceeds divided equally among my six (8) children as hereinafter…